Is there any truth to the rumor that Sharkscope is bye bye? NLTRN
 

is there any truth to the rumor that stars is changing the rules and that sharkscope is about to be no more for the site?

Indy

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i think you'd get better answers in internet gambling.

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i think you'd get better answers in internet gambling.

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HU is most appropriate because it affects us the most...

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understood...but you're going to have a bigger audience in IG.

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Why wouldn't Sharkscope continue to cater to PS players?

Other programs allow you to purchase PS versions or their products that are outlawed on Stars, how would they enforce it?

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if its true im moving on to Full tilt poker havent signed up there yet

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Also, might want to post this in Internet Gambling because people in that forum might actually know if it's true or not.

I searched the forum and found nothing about it, so who knows. Email Stars support, they sometimes hint at changes being considered.

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Doubtful, highly doubtful. Sharkscope has been quite successful and PokerStars has to think that some of the people they get are influenced because SharkScope works on their site. I don't see a downside to having SharkScope around for Stars.

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I waived bye bye to your mom last night after a late night session of "allin."

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Yugoslav

PS didn't realize you still posted on 2p2, lol

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Check out this thread..

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...part=1&vc=1

players are going to have to actively opt in to have their results recorded, rather than the current state of affairs.

Which basically means the end of sharkscope.

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"at SharkScope we are currently evaluating Pokerstars' proposed policy and considering its impact. We will make another statement in due course.

At the present time we have no plans to degrade our functionality with respect to searching data on PokerStars players as on initial reading we consider the policy unfeasible to adhere to.

In the past we have been the only site to offer any kind of user self blocking and this has been entirely voluntary on our part. We consider this system to be the perfect balance between those who want as much data as possible to increase their profitability and those that wish to have privacy.

Steve
SharkScope"

Title of this thread is very misleading, either way Sharkscope will not be "bye bye."

Sounds like they're going to continue to keep the stats up.

If they don't there will be another site that will do it "illegally." I'm not worried about this at all.

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I just found out about this.

I read through the entire thread that Camel posted and I didn't notice anything about a deadline, except to say that there will be some time to comply.

I don't see how PokerStars can enforce this without a technical solution. It'll be interesting to see what happens. SharkScope loses a lot of customers if this goes into place. They might just decide to go with it until they no longer can, if they determine this'll maximize the duration of their business. Like someone else said, there will just be underground sites unless there is a technical solution, which I don't see as possible unless you're not allowed to observe SNGs that you're not playing in.

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Those who have no objection to their cashes being displayed (but not more detailed statistics) need do nothing. - PS rep

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This is so subjective as to what qualifies as "detailed". What if SharkScope decides that instead of displaying ROI they display a "Investment Rating" thats on a scale of -10 to 10? How about "Losing player" and "Winning player"? What about # of games? If it winds up being absolutely nothing, then SharkScope, if it complies, is going the way of the dinosaur...